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^(ad)I, John, your ^(ae)brother and ^(af)fellow partaker in the tribulation and ^(ag)kingdom and ^[g](ah)perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(ai)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

I was ^[h](aj)in the Spirit on ^(ak)the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(al)like the sound of a trumpet,

saying, "^(am)Write in a ^[i]book what you see, and send it to the ^(an)seven churches: to ^(ao)Ephesus and to ^(ap)Smyrna and to ^(aq)Pergamum and to ^(ar)Thyatira and to ^(as)Sardis and to ^(at)Philadelphia and to ^(au)Laodicea."

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw ^(av)seven golden lampstands;

and ^(aw)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(ax)like ^[j]a son of man, ^(ay)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(az)girded across His chest with a golden sash.

His head and His ^(ba)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(bb)His eyes were like a flame of fire.

His ^(bc)feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His ^(bd)voice was like the sound of many waters.

In His right hand He held ^(be)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(bf)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(bg)face was like ^(bh)the sun ^[k]shining in its strength.

When I saw Him, I ^(bi)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(bj)placed His right hand on me, saying, "^(bk)Do not be afraid; ^(bl)I am the first and the last,

and the ^(bm)living One; and I ^[l](bn)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(bo)the keys of death and of Hades.

Therefore ^(bp)write ^(bq)the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(br)after these things.

As for the ^(bs)mystery of the ^(bt)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(bu)seven golden lampstands: the ^(bv)seven stars are the angels of ^(bw)the seven churches, and the seven ^(bx)lampstands are the seven churches.